MIssissippi history
The community of Union Church was formed primarily by a group of Scotch settlers who left North Carolina around 1805 for the promise of fertile land to be farmed on the eastern banks of the Mississippi River. The town was originally called Scotch Settlement. The founding families were headed by George Torrey, his son Dougald Torrey, Laughlin Currie and Robert Willis.
Free People of Color in Colonial Natchez (1700-1798)
Chapel of the Cross Church; Madison, Mississippi:
The story of the Chapel of the Cross begins as the story of the Johnstone family of North Carolina. John T. Johnstone and his brothers, William and Samuel, began traveling to the new state of Mississippi in the 1820’s purchasing land. John initially bought 524 acres where the Chapel sits today from Mr. Jonathan Coleman who had a log cabin situated one hundred yards from the present day Chapel. Mr. Johnstone remodeled and enlarged this log cabin and then moved his wife, Margaret, and his daughters, Francis and Helen here in 1841. He named his plantation, Annandale, after his ancestral home in Scotland. The rest of the story HERE.
The story of the Chapel of the Cross begins as the story of the Johnstone family of North Carolina. John T. Johnstone and his brothers, William and Samuel, began traveling to the new state of Mississippi in the 1820’s purchasing land. John initially bought 524 acres where the Chapel sits today from Mr. Jonathan Coleman who had a log cabin situated one hundred yards from the present day Chapel. Mr. Johnstone remodeled and enlarged this log cabin and then moved his wife, Margaret, and his daughters, Francis and Helen here in 1841. He named his plantation, Annandale, after his ancestral home in Scotland. The rest of the story HERE.
May 7, 1840: Natchez Mississippi: 300 Killed in Tornado |
Slave Auction; Lexington, Mississippi Union newspaper; Dec 1843
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Dr Dent; Macon, Mississippi
Feb 18, 1861: Jefferson Davis Inaugural described by The Memphis Appeal
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On March 11, 1861, in Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas adopt the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America.
The constitution resembled the Constitution of the United States, even repeating much of its language, but was actually more comparable to the Articles of Confederation–the initial post-Revolutionary War U.S. constitution–in its delegation of extensive powers to the states. The constitution also contained substantial differences from the U.S. Constitution in its protection of slavery, which was “recognized and protected” in slave states and territories. However, in congruence with U.S. policy since the beginning of the 19th century, the foreign slave trade was prohibited. The constitution provided for six-year terms for the president and vice president, and the president was ineligible for successive terms. Although a presidential item veto was granted, the power of the central Confederate government was sharply limited by its dependence on state consent for the use of any funds and resources. Although Britain and France both briefly considered entering the Civil War on the side of the South, the Confederate States of America, which survived until April 1865, never won foreign recognition as an independent government. 1874: A Matter of Honor in Bay St. Louis
1878
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Union Officers in the 47th Illinois camped in Oxford, Mississippi in December of 1862.
Dr KS Moffat; Dental Surgeon 1878
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Los Angeles Herald 1907
DEMOCRATS CHOOSE LEADER JOHN SHARP WILLIAM OF MISSISSIPPI
WILLIAMS URGES PARTY TO ACTION
DEMOCRATIC HOUSE LEADER STIRS ASSOCIATES
Mississippi Congressman Says, "Work Together as a Football Team and Win Important Victories"
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-By agreeing to place in nomination for speaker John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, the Democratic members of the house today, in effect, decided to continue him in tho position of minority leader for the Sixtieth congress. The nomination of Mr. Williams was agreed on in a caucus of Democratic members held in the hall of the house of representatives, beginning at 2 o'clock today. Mr. Williams was absent from the chamber when his election took place, but he was soon afterward escorted to the floor by a committee appointed for that purpose and spoke at some length, thanking his fellow members for the confidence reposed In him and promising to serve them to the best of his ability. He especially urged them to stand together in the support of party principles, saying it was most important at this time that the Democrats should have team work. "We should," he said, "work together as a football team and in so doing we may win important victories In the future." Mr. Hay of Virginia introduced a resolution declaring It to be the sense of the campus that a bill for the revision of the tariff should be immediately Introduced and providing that unless it Is promptly reported by the committee on ways and means, the Democrats should object to all unanimous consent agreements for the passage of bills. In the caucus of the house Republicans tonight, Speaker Cannon was renominated. All the old officers of the house were also renominated. The caucus refused to seat Peter A. Porter of the Thirty-fourth New York district, who was elected as an independent.
WILLIAMS URGES PARTY TO ACTION
DEMOCRATIC HOUSE LEADER STIRS ASSOCIATES
Mississippi Congressman Says, "Work Together as a Football Team and Win Important Victories"
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-By agreeing to place in nomination for speaker John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, the Democratic members of the house today, in effect, decided to continue him in tho position of minority leader for the Sixtieth congress. The nomination of Mr. Williams was agreed on in a caucus of Democratic members held in the hall of the house of representatives, beginning at 2 o'clock today. Mr. Williams was absent from the chamber when his election took place, but he was soon afterward escorted to the floor by a committee appointed for that purpose and spoke at some length, thanking his fellow members for the confidence reposed In him and promising to serve them to the best of his ability. He especially urged them to stand together in the support of party principles, saying it was most important at this time that the Democrats should have team work. "We should," he said, "work together as a football team and in so doing we may win important victories In the future." Mr. Hay of Virginia introduced a resolution declaring It to be the sense of the campus that a bill for the revision of the tariff should be immediately Introduced and providing that unless it Is promptly reported by the committee on ways and means, the Democrats should object to all unanimous consent agreements for the passage of bills. In the caucus of the house Republicans tonight, Speaker Cannon was renominated. All the old officers of the house were also renominated. The caucus refused to seat Peter A. Porter of the Thirty-fourth New York district, who was elected as an independent.
Greenville, Mississippi: Barnum & Baileys Circus Nov 1910
Mississippi vs Alabama Nov 5, 1910
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Church Hill is a small unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. It is located on the bluffs of the Mississippi River, approximately 18 miles north of Natchez. The geographic features are different from those in the rest of the state; there are high and steep bluffs throughout. At the center intersection of this small community is an old wooden country store, with the old post office in it which was built around 1837. The store bears the name "Wagner's Grocery" on the upper header of the store. The store was closed in the late 1990s, after which it was donated to the Church Hill historic society for preservation. It is the oldest known all-wooden heart pine country store that had a post office in the southeastern United States.
Okolona Messenger Newspaper Header 1902
Death of BT Hobbs; reported by Greenvillte Times Oct 1910
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Okolona Messnger: Public School Openings Oct 1922
As chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, Harrison was one of the three or four key people behind the creation of the Social Security system in 1935. He promoted low tariffs and reciprocal trade agreements. When the Senate majority leader’s job opened up in 1937, Harrison was expected to win the position, but nose counts put him in a near tie with Kentucky’s Alben Barkley. Harrison’s campaign manager asked Bilbo, the junior member from Mississippi, to consider voting for his fellow Mississippian. Bilbo, a race-baiting demagogue whose base was among tenant farmers, hated the upper-class Harrison, who represented the rich planters. The rivalry between the two was further established over years of disagreement over aspects of the New Deal and how federal money should distributed throughout Mississippi. Bilbo said he would vote for Harrison only if he were personally asked. Harrison replied, “Tell the son of a bitch I wouldn’t speak to him even if it meant the presidency of the United States.” Despite Harrison's support for Roosevelt and his policies, shortly before the vote, the president wrote a letter of support for Barkley. When the ballots were in, Pat Harrison lost by one vote, 37-to-38.
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Dizzy Dean to run for Governor of Mississippi? 1967
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Time Magazine on Oct. 7, 1957.
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Percy Sledge: Rolling Stone Magazine announcing his death at his home in Baton Rouge, La on April 14, 2015: It was in those cotton fields that Sledge began humming and singing a
melody that would circle in his head for many years, eventually getting
fleshed out into a song called "When a Man Loves a Woman." The tune was
the highlight of Sledge's stage show with his early band the Esquire
Combos, though they only only gigged on weekends since Sledge worked
full time as an orderly at an Alabama hospital. ..............................In 1965 the group played a gig at a University of Mississippi frat house. Record producer Quin Ivy was in the audience that night, and he was blown away by the power of "When a Man Loves a Woman." "If you ever think about cutting a record, come on by," Ivy said. "I love that melody.” Sledge took him up on the offer and tracked the song with a killer backing band that included organist Spooner Oldham. The tape got the attention of Atlantic Records producer/executive Jerry Wexler, who released it as Sledge's debut single in April of 1966.
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Allen Cavett Thompson
Allen Cavett Thompson was the Mayor of Jackson, MS for twenty years. When he retired in 1969 he formed a group called FOCUS, which he touted as a supporter of the freedom of choice in America. Using this “freedom of choice,” he and the group protested public dollars being spent on the airing of Sesame Street. Eventually, a Commission was formed in response to this outcry. The Commission on Educational Television dealt with whether Sesame Street should be allowed to air on public television in April of 1970. Ultimately, the five person commission ruled that Sesame Street should be banned. One of the members of the group, likely irate over the decision, leaked the results to the New York Times where it became a major news story at the time. One of the members of the commission, speaking anonymously, stated that “Some of the members of the commission were very much opposed to showing the series because ‘it uses a highly integrated cast of children'” and furthermore, that the main objection was “mainly that we’re not ready for it yet.”
It is important to note that there was no official statement on WHY the Commission ruled the way that they did, and we only have an anonymous member of the group, one almost certainly against the ruling, to rely on for that being the basis of the decision. That said, however the decision was arrived at, it seems like a foolish decision on the face of the matter, whether it was specifically due to the integration issue or not. Cooney released a statement on the decision, stating that it was “a tragedy for both the white and black children of Mississippi.”
Twenty-two days after their original decision, the Commission reversed themselves and Sesame Street was approved in Mississippi, where it has remained ever since.
It is important to note that there was no official statement on WHY the Commission ruled the way that they did, and we only have an anonymous member of the group, one almost certainly against the ruling, to rely on for that being the basis of the decision. That said, however the decision was arrived at, it seems like a foolish decision on the face of the matter, whether it was specifically due to the integration issue or not. Cooney released a statement on the decision, stating that it was “a tragedy for both the white and black children of Mississippi.”
Twenty-two days after their original decision, the Commission reversed themselves and Sesame Street was approved in Mississippi, where it has remained ever since.
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Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church New Albany Mississippi Plate 1954
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May 10, 2014: Z-News Mississippi: Jet Magazine Will Cease Print Publication: The Print Pages Carry a Bold Archive of Past Civil Unrest in Mississippi
The magazine helped to spark the modern civil rights movement when it published gruesome photographs of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black Chicagoan who was kidnapped, mutilated and brutally murdered while visiting relatives in Mississippi in 1955 |
McKinley's Private Sanatorium; Columbus, ms
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Market Street Looking North Columbus Mississippi MS
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Corinth Mississippi Lloyd's Cafe
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Currier & Ives Civil War Print - Battle of Corinth Mississippi - Oct. 4th, 1862
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Greenville, Ms Holiday Inn
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1947 Ms. Gulf Coast Hurricane 350 Homes & 12 Lives Lost Handcock Co
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1947 Mississippi Gulf Coast Hurricane Rushing Brige Repairs
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1947 Mississippi Gulf Coast Hurricane Cmdr. Cobb Home Pass Christian
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1947 Mississippi Gulf Coast Hurricane Biloxi Beach During Storm
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1947 Mississippi Gulf Coast Hurricane 26 Boats On Train Gulfport
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1947 Mississippi Gulf Coast Hurricane Aerial View Gulfport Shore
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1947 Mississippi Gulf Coast Hurricane Cmdr. Cobb Home Pass Christian
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YMCA Building Main Street Hattiesburg Mississippi
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Marco Hotel Courts Hattiesburg MS
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Hattiesburg, MS, American Legion Civic Center, 1944
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Jackson, Mississippi 1918
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First Baptist Jackson
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Presbyterian Church Holly Springs MS Marshall County
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Lamar Life Insurance Home Office; Jackson, Ms
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Jackson, Mississippi; Capitol Street
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Bellhaven College; Jackson Ms; Fitzhugh Preston Hall
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Drake Motel; Jackson, Ms
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Tarry More Hotel Courts & Restaurant Jackson, Ms
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Laurel Mississippi 1920s Town Oak Street Central Avenue
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YMCA; Laurel, Ms
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Laurel MS YMCA Old Car Auto c1920
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Meridian Mississippi MS 1940s Morocco Lodge Motel - Cafe on Hwy 45 North
Meridian, Mississippi Nelva Courts and Restaurant
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Meridian Mississippi MS 1940s Northwood Golf Country Club 18th Green
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Meridian Mississippi MS 1940s Post Office
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Meridian Mississippi 1938 Senior High Junior College Football Stadium
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Natchez Mississippi Washington Court General View
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Cherokee Home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Byrne Natchez Mississippi
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Natchez Mississippi 1932 Windy Hill Manor Aaron Burr Madaline
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Natchez Mississippi MS 1940s Monmouth Home General John Quitman
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Natchez Mississippi 1968 Missouri Pacific train depot
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Natchez Mississippi 1982 Mississippi Central train depot
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Natchez MS Bellemont Motor Hotel & Restaurant Swimming Pool
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Natchez Mississippi MS 1940s Auburn Home Built 1815
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Natchez Mississippi MS 1940 Richmond Home John Marshall
Natchez, Ms: "Bontura" Creole House
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Newton Mississippi view of Gulf Mobile & Ohio train depot
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Aerial View Ingalis Shipyard Pascagoula River Mississippi
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Piney Woods Mississippi 1956 Piney Woods School
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Piney Woods Mississippi MS c1920s Blacks at P W Domestic Science School Building
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1959 Double E Ranch Hereford Cow Senatorbia Mississippi
Levees Breaking Mississippi Flooding Vicksburg 1863
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Levee and Steamboats on the Mississippi River Vicksburg US Civil War
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Vicksburg, Mississippi
Missouri Monument National Military Park Vicksburg Ms 1940
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1903 Officers Circle National Military Cemetery Vicksburg Mississippi
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1959 Circle H Hereford Ranch Bull Cow Winona Mississippi
Military Classification Building Camp Shelby Mississippi
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Byron Patton "Pat" Harrison (August 29, 1881 – June 22, 1941) was a Mississippi politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919 and in the United States Senate from 1919 until his death.
1862 $3 The State of Mississippi note from Jackson, MS.
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Southern Belle
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